Tag: virgin-birth
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World Religions
Was Jesus Copied from Mithras? The Chronology Problem
By Practical Apologetics | June 15, 2013
Zeitgeist claims Mithras was born of a virgin, had twelve disciples, and rose from the dead. But Mithras was born from a rock, the cult flourished after Christianity, and there's no resurrection in his mythology.
World Religions
Was Jesus Copied from Horus? What Egyptologists Actually Say
By Practical Apologetics | June 8, 2013
Zeitgeist claims Horus was born of a virgin on December 25, had twelve disciples, was crucified, and rose after three days. Egyptian sources tell a very different story.
World Religions
Was the Virgin Birth Borrowed from the Stars? Examining Zeitgeist's Virgo-Bethlehem Theory
By Practical Apologetics | April 20, 2013
Did early Christians invent the Virgin Mary and Bethlehem by borrowing from the constellation Virgo? A careful look at what scholarship actually says.